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Closing all roads to circumvention of EU ecodesign and energy labelling legislation and standards
Final Report
The European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme funded in 2018-2021 the project ANTICSS – Anti-Circumvention of Standards for better market Surveillance conducted by 19 partners of eight countries, coming from…
Design-for-recycling (D4R) – State of play
The GIZ is implementing a global project “Support of the Export Initiative for Green Technologies” as a contribution to solving key environmental problems on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU). The BMU Export…
Technical assistance for assessing options to establish an EU-wide green label with a view to promote the use of renewable energy coming from new installations
Final report under framework contract MOVE/ENER/SRD/498-2016 Lot 3
This report defines and assesses options to establish an EU-wide green label with a view to promote the use of renewable energy coming from new installations as required by Art. 19 (13) of the Renewable Energy Directive recast (EU)…
Guidelines and tools for test laboratories to target circumvention
the following guidelines for test laboratories, together with separate guide-lines for Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs), shall provide practical capacity building measures for these key actors. Beyond that, ANTICSS aims at…
Guidelines and tools for MSAs to target circumvention
The following guidelines for Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs), together with separate guidelines for test laboratories, shall provide practical capacity building measures for these key actors. Beyond that, ANTICSS aims at…
Persistent degradation products of halogenated refrigerants and blowing agents in the environment: type, environmental concentrations, and fate with particular regard to new halogenated substitutes with low global warming potential
Final report
Climate-impacting refrigerants and blowing agents are often replaced by halogenated substances which, despite their low global warming potential, are not unproblematic for the environment. The study examines quantities used and emissions…
PROSA – Product Sustainability Assessment
PROSAplus Guideline
This brochure was produced as part of the joint research project “SDG Assessment – Further development of a sustainability assessment method based on the sustainability goals of the United Nations (Agenda 2030)”. The project on which…
Assessment of options to improve particular aspects of the EU regulatory framework on batteries
Final report
The general aim of this final report for the project “Assessment of options to improve particular aspects of the EU Regulatory Framework on Batteries” is to support the European Commission in the preparation of their Impact Assessment…
Study to identify and assess the feasibility of measures to enhance the impact of Directive 2006/66/EC
Final report
This is the final report for the project “Study to identify and assess the feasibility of measures to enhance the impact of Directive 2006/66/EC”, hereafter referred to as the “feasibility study”. The purpose of the work is to support…
ETC/CME Report 8/2020
Trends and projections under the Effort Sharing Legislation. Overview on developments and drivers
This report provides an analysis of the progress of the European Union, its Member States as well as Iceland, Norway and United Kingdom in reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the Effort Sharing legislation between 2005 and 2030. The…
Advancing REACH - REACH and substitution
Final report
Enhancing substitution of substances of concern with less hazardous alternatives will remain a key challenge for chemicals management in the coming years and is a central aim of REACH. This study analyses the support of substitution,…
100 Social Sciences and Humanities priority research questions for energy efficiency in Horizon Europe
The launch of the European Union’s (EU) Horizon Europe programme provides exciting opportunities for Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research to contribute to the fulfilment of the EU’s ambitious policy goals on energy and climate…
Producer responsibility of third-country producers in e-commerce
Final report
In order to enforce producer responsibility under waste law against producers of electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and packaging from countries outside the EU, so-called third countries, a new study recommends adding two new…
Guidance document for ex-post evaluation of climate policies in Effort Sharing sectors
This guidance provides support to European Member States to further enhance systematic ex-post evaluation of Effort Sharing related policies. The Effort Sharing legislation establishes binding annual greenhouse gas emission …
How to Raise Europe’s Climate Ambitions for 2030
Implementing a -55% Target in EU Policy Architecture
On 4 March 2020, the European Commission proposed a Climate Law setting out a legal framework to steer Europe towards the 2050 greenhouse gas-neutrality target. The Commission also announced that by September 2020 it will present a…
Environmental Criticality of Raw Materials
An assessment of environmental hazard potentials of raw materials from mining and recommendations for an ecological raw materials policy
Within the project OekoRess II, more than 50 mineral raw materials were evaluated with regard to the environmental hazard potential of mining using and further refining the methodology developed in the predecessor project OekoRess I.
The…
Just transition in the context of EU environmental policy and the European Green Deal
Issue Paper under Task 3 of the ‘Service contract on future EU environment policy’
The envisaged sustainability transitions are expected to substantially improve the state of our envi-ronment but also public health and the quality of peoples’ lives. Moreover, many economic sectors depend on ecosystem services and green…
EU Industrial Future in a climate neutral Europe. The role of electricity, power-to-X and renewable H2
Input II on hydrogen and renewable gases
Presentation by Christoph Heinemann, "EU Industrial Future in a climate neutral Europe - The role of electricity, power-to-X and renewable H2" (Greens/EFA Group), 19.2.2020
Demand and flexibility options
Lessons from Germany
Presentation by Prof. Dr. Dierk Bauknecht, Workshop variable generation, flexible demand Florence, 19. February 2020
Influence of the service life of products in terms of their environmental impact: Establishing an information base and developing strategies against "obsolescence"
The aim of the study is to create a sound data basis for describing and assessing the phenomenon of obsolescence and the trends in achieved product lifespan and service life and, based on this, to develop strategies against obsolescence.…